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FF7 had a simple, intuitive character building system. Materia were easy. A child could understand that each shiny rock lets you do something different. Even if you didn't put together ridiculous combos, you could have fun with it. Outstanding for an RPG that was many kids' first. This was immediately followed by FF8 with a poorly explained mess of a system that required you to forget everything you learned about how Final Fantasy works. No equipment, leveling up is bad, and spells make you stronger somehow. And if you do figure it out, you can shatter the game. And let's say you're an idiot like me who got through most of the game not really understanding junctions but relying on GF for damage. Surprise, here's a boss where using GF is a very bad idea! Yeah I got stuck there. Lots of unrealized potential in this game.
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Also read Cool Ghost's LP of the game, which explains the story better than the actual game. So much important info is missable if you want to have any idea of what's going on.
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ApplesandOranges posted:I feel like the 'levelling up in FF8 is bad!' is overblown. Outside of a few enemies (T-Rexaurs, Wendigos, Ruby Dragons), enemies don't really scale up that badly as you level. Several of them get a few nastier moves, but none of them get oppressively more difficult, and things like Malboros will screw you up no matter what level you are. I'll rephrase: relying on leveling up to get stronger is bad. You gotta junction. The Adel fight coming so late in the game that you were probably permanently screwed if you hadn't been junctioning properly is a big part of what irked me.
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tote up a bags posted:As a kid I thought fighting back through Balamb Garden to help out my bro Cid fuckin kicked rear end. Unfortunately it turns out Cid is a terrible person who did not deserve your help.
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There's some frame rate issue in the remaster that makes the gunblade trigger much harder to use than the original.
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Jan 5, 2022 18:28
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Relying on GFs for damage is a fine strategy until the first boss on Disc 4, st which point you'll be screwed if you've mostly ignored junctions like teenage me.
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Harrow posted:You are required to play the card game a little on like disc 3 of FFIX but you can also just throw every match and the story will continue just fine You have to win two matches but can lose the third.
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